Pillow Talk in the Home of an Anosmic
Posted under food-taste-and-smell · personal-storiesWritten by Heather Ackmann
The other night as the cool autumn night air crept slowly into our rented house my husband and I crawled into bed, nose to nose, talking over the events of the day. The moonlight from the bathroom skylight lit each other faces and our talk soon deflated into gentle, sweet sleepy compliments.
But we ate Taco Bell for dinner and the chicken quesadilla I had lodged in my abdomen shifted, releasing mini-mushroom cloud gas bubble so fast that I didn’t have time to even turn my head. And this is the conversation that followed:
“Oh God, Heather!”
“I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry…”
“Ah man! That’s disgusting!”
…“I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry…”
“Whewww…why’d ya do it?!”
“…It came on so fast; I lost control! I can only imagine what that must have smelled like to you…”
“It wasn’t flowers, I can tell you that!”
“…I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry…”
Ah, sweet pillow talk in the Ackmann household.
- Oct 16, 10:04 AM
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1 · Cate · Sep 9, 08:56 PM
Heather,
I recently started dating a guy who lost his sense of smell due to a traumatic brain injury over a year ago. I know this is a superficial question of me to ask, but do you know if anosmics detect pheremones, as research indicates it’s part of the attraction process? I know there are many many other factors that help a person decide if they are attracted to someone, but I’m still curious about it. I still laugh at myself when I debated long and hard over which perfume to wear on our first date only to later discover that my efforts were fruitless…